Example sentences of "want [to-vb] to [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Well they could address their letters to myself Councillor David Poole or Councillor Stuart Argyle to the Council House erm the suggestion you know er their the thoughts the thoughts on this what er they could er erm help us in our campaign and also about the leaf stem as well if they want to write to me at the Council House suggesting and I mean proper places to where it should go because that 's really up to County Council but er at least if I had some suggestions we can pass them over to the County Council where where it could go .
2 I understand you want to talk to me about the late Mr Hatton .
3 But Worcester police want to talk to her about the withdrawal of £130,000 from funds .
4 ‘ Maybe they want to talk to it about a burning truck , ’ said Masklin .
5 ‘ I want to talk to you about the glass of water with the creature in it , ’ Matilda said .
6 But please , I just want to talk to you for a little while .
7 I want to speak to you as a man of the world . ’
8 I know it 's a terrible time for me to turn up on your doorstep , but I only want to speak to you for a moment .
9 Susan had tagged a uniformed cop on the beat ill the distance , and guessed she would n't want to talk to him about the corpse .
10 I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available .
11 Baldwin saw Chamberlain and said , ‘ Austen , when Sam has gone I shall want to talk to you about the Foreign Office . ’ ’
12 Just wanted to speak to you about the skis that was all .
13 She wanted to talk to him in a way she had never wanted to talk to anyone before , but he was next door , not here .
14 He too wanted to talk to her about the attack , but found her far less ready to talk to him than she had been to the woman from the gipsy encampment .
15 Which is why I should have welcomed the students who wanted to talk to me about the poetry of George Darley , which a misguided colleague of mine had included in a series of lectures on the early nineteenth century , and in so doing had worried the more discerning of my students , who were failing to see any merit there .
16 John and Norma were escorted out of Jeffrey Archer 's Bridal Suite and back to their own and since it was not safe to leave the hotel , Lady Thatcher accompanied them , as she wanted to talk to them about the progress of her Foundation .
17 I wanted to talk to you about the things that er you 've got from the meetings and to just think about the pricing issues .
18 I wanted to talk to you for the whole journey , but I could n't let you know that , so I just sat there thinking , I 've got to touch her …
19 I feel like a warmed Up corpse , but I wanted to get to you before the police thought of it .
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